Charles Dickens, "A tale of two cities" and the French Revolution [Elektronisk resurs] / Edited by Colin Jones, Josephine McDonagh, Jon Mee.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: A Tale of Two Cities in Context-- C.Jones, J.McDonagh& J.Mee The New Philosophy: The Substance and the Shadow in A Tale of Two Cities-- M.Philp The Redemptive Powers of Violence? Carlyle, Marx and Dickens-- G.Stedman Jones A Genealogy of Dr Manette-- K.Baker From the Old Bailey to Revolutionary France: The Trials of Charles Darnay-- S.Ledger Face Value in A Tale of Two Cities-- K.Elliot Counting on: A Tale of Two Cities-- J.Bowen Mimi and the Matinee Idol: Martin-Harvey, Sydney Carton, and the Staging of A Tale of Two Cities, 1860-1939-- J.Marsh Sanguine Mirages, Cinematic Dreams: Things Seen and Things Imagined in the 1917 Fox Feature Film A Tale of Two Cities-- J.Buchanan with A.Newhouse Two Cities, Two Films-- C.Barr Afterword-- M.Wood Bibliography Index.

• A Tale of Two Cities has always been one of Dickens's most popular texts. Using a variety of disciplinary approaches, this new collection of essays examines the origins of Dickens vision of the French Revolution, the literary power of the text itself, and its enduring place in British culture through stage and screen adaptations. -- A Tale of Two Cities has always been one of Dickens's most popular and best-loved novels. Its interpretation of the French Revolution has strongly shaped British views of national identity and political legitimacy. At the same time, it offers a powerful melodramatic plot pitting private individuals against political systems. This interdisciplinary volume examines the novel's enduring appeal, tracing the origins of its account of the French Revolution, offering new readings of it as a sophisticated fiction in its own right, and exploring its reinvention for stage and cinema over the century and a half since its publication. Contributions from literary studies, political history, the history of ideas and the history of film make this volume a multi-faceted reevaluation of a significant work in English politics and culture. 
• 'The book stands as a fascinating and useful contribution both to mid-Victorian fiction studies and to the cultural history of events in France...Overall the book exemplifies thoughtful interdisciplinarity at its best.' - Matthew Ingleby, TLS. 

Ämnesord

Novelists, English  -- 19th century. (LCSH)

English literature  -- History and criticism -- 19th century. (LCSH)

English literature  -- French influences. (LCSH)

Literature.  (eflch)

Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers  -- English. (bicssc)

Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900  -- English. (bicssc)

French Revolution  -- English. (bicssc)

France  -- History -- Literature and the revolution -- Revolution, 1789-1799. (LCSH)

Personnamn

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. -- Criticism and interpretation.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. -- Characters.

Namn/titel

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.: Tale of two cities 

Målgrupp

Undergraduate.

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DSK (ämneskategori)

DSBF (ämneskategori)

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LIT (ämneskategori)

823.8 (DDC)